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Originally Posted by ken0042
Yes, to a certain extent. However a good movie will draw you in, and with a good surround system you will be a part of the movie. Now take that same good movie, throw in some macroblocking, and all of a sudden you take yourself out of the movie for a sec while you become slightly annoyed at the compression artifacts on the screen.
Add to that the fact that a mediocre movie will be more enjoyable in HD than SD. As an example, I don't like baseball. But when I got my HDTV I sat and watched an entire game; simply because it was in HD.
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I'm not a HD movie virgin or anything. I just don't find that an HD picture in place of a good regular DVD player and good HD TV adds anything to the movie experience. Something like Surround sound does I agree but not the picture (EXCEPT for the Planet Earth series but not regular movies).
Sports is a different case...the advantage of HD is that you get that feeling of depth with the field and you have a larger view area where you can see the plays develop unlike the regular broadcast (if the HD broadcast is done properly).